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Got up, worked out, returned to the apartment and am lounging around with the lady as we drink coffee, very soon she has to get ready to head to the Spa for Female-Friday and I have to figure out what to do between that moment and when I cook dinner. One thing I must do is buy and install a small 8-10 long gun safe in the hall closet without causing too much damage. Another thing I want to do is locate the owner the F8 green Challenger in the parking ramp. We are going to be car buddies if he/she knows it or not. We don't need to actually speak or hang out, we just need to know that we are both the coolest people in the building.
 
The railroad is giving me a present for my birthday - a big derailment to work on in Elm Creek, Nebraska. We're headed out there now and I'm guessing we will see the sun rise before we're done. So I'll be getting overtime, probably double time before it's over, and Uncle Sam will be getting a present too when he gets his cut...
 
I'm taking two courses at College of Southern Idaho (CSI), and both have exams this week. One is International Relations, from the Political Science department; the other is an Astronomy survey. The first one's easy, the second one's fun, but harder.

Dawn and I can go to college for free because we're old, and I chose to take the courses for credit. From now on, I'll use the audit option, so even though I would do the labs and take the exams (if I wanted to) but wouldn't have to worry about grads because I wouldn't be getting any lol!

Tomorrow, we'll be doing yard-work and cleaning out the last of last year's dead plants in the garden.
 
Duncan said:
I'm taking two courses at College of Southern Idaho (CSI), and both have exams this week. One is International Relations, from the Political Science department; the other is an Astronomy survey. The first one's easy, the second one's fun, but harder.

Dawn and I can go to college for free because we're old, and I chose to take the courses for credit. From now on, I'll use the audit option, so even though I would do the labs and take the exams (if I wanted to) but wouldn't have to worry about grads because I wouldn't be getting any lol!

Tomorrow, we'll be doing yard-work and cleaning out the last of last year's dead plants in the garden.
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Good to see you Duncan !
 
power is off, and it's off everywhere, just looked the outage map. We are running the generator right now , internet is plugged into that
Roads are flooded all over the place, main roads are blocked by trees. It looks like we might be able to get to where we need to go, but I would rather stay home. Festival however is not cancelled. Still thinking about it. We actually got a flood warning on the phone, first time I have ever seen that since we moved here
Oh, and it's still raining and super windy. I almost couldn't cook lunch because the propane stove kept getting blown out by the wind ( under the porch , protected pretty well)
 
sonya123 said:
power is off, and it's off everywhere, just looked the outage map. We are running the generator right now , internet is plugged into that
Roads are flooded all over the place, main roads are blocked by trees. It looks like we might be able to get to where we need to go, but I would rather stay home. Festival however is not cancelled. Still thinking about it. We actually got a flood warning on the phone, first time I have ever seen that since we moved here
Oh, and it's still raining and super windy. I almost couldn't cook lunch because the propane stove kept getting blown out by the wind ( under the porch , protected pretty well)
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Stay home and be SAFE!
 
Spikedriver said:
The railroad is giving me a present for my birthday - a big derailment to work on in Elm Creek, Nebraska. We're headed out there now and I'm guessing we will see the sun rise before we're done. So I'll be getting overtime, probably double time before it's over, and Uncle Sam will be getting a present too when he gets his cut...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
 
Well, I bought and installed a small rifle safe in the hall closet. I had the choice between spending a small fortune on a good quality but way overpriced safe, several hundred dollars on a medium quality safe or a few hundred dollars on a tin can masquerading as a safe. I went with the medium quality and added a cellular motion sensor and a wireless video camera with battery backup. Not ideal but it will do until we can move into a house, hopefully by spring.
 
So far wrapped up a birthday gift for a young girl, made cheddar and ricotta and a batch of oatmeal monsters for Hubby. Need to get out to the garage and build some platforms for the spare room bed before MIL spends the night next week.
Should also work outside before weather turns.
 
Spikedriver said:
The railroad is giving me a present for my birthday - a big derailment to work on in Elm Creek, Nebraska. We're headed out there now and I'm guessing we will see the sun rise before we're done. So I'll be getting overtime, probably double time before it's over, and Uncle Sam will be getting a present too when he gets his cut...
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Hopefully the after party is rockin’ or they need to go on the not invited list for next year!
 
I did way too much this week, my body went on strike this morning. Couldn’t think clearly either, good ol’ cfs reminding me who’s boss. It's like moving in slow motion in a fog.

Spent the day trying to get either of my big pumps running, welll, half the day was spent trying to find all the hoses, connectors and gear. That part was successful but still couldn’t get either pump to run or the weedeater. So a trip to the nearest station for fresh non-ethanol fuel, got 15g. Didn’t help, guess I’ll be carrying water for the calf until I can pump 250g of water from my cousin’s pond. Oh, schedule got moved up a day, calf will be here tomorrow instead of Sunday. Everything else was ready wednesday.

Finally had enough… gonna fry some catfish for dinner and watch tv afterwards.
 
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My Florida sis fared well. She used her solar generator (Patriot) that she's been practicing with. Power was out for 6 hrs, not too bad, but roads are a mess, and so is her yard, but nothing too big came down. She ran her fan and tv for an hour. Then her fridge and her fan for 5 hrs till power came up. Still had only used 46%, so she was pleased.
Made some bread, taking hardware off the kitchen cupboards. The new guineas I released seem to be doing well. Picked 2 buckets of tomatoes and hot peppers, 6 bell peppers, and a few handfuls of green beans.
 
My interview today went well. It was with the Deputy Director of another Office, he said that they had 125 applicants and were interviewing 25. In my book that means that I had already beat out 100, and I wasn't really trying for that job... :) It will be interesting to see what my Office Director does...
 
UrbanHunter said:
My interview today went well. It was with the Deputy Director of another Office, he said that they had 125 applicants and were interviewing 25. In my book that means that I had already beat out 100, and I wasn't really trying for that job... :) It will be interesting to see what my Office Director does...
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🙏. May whatever is best be in your future 😊
 
Spikedriver said:
The railroad is giving me a present for my birthday - a big derailment to work on in Elm Creek, Nebraska. We're headed out there now and I'm guessing we will see the sun rise before we're done. So I'll be getting overtime, probably double time before it's over, and Uncle Sam will be getting a present too when he gets his cut...
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Can you get a return on that gift?
 
I received a phone call this morning from my former school bus company up north aways.

They wanted to know if I would be interested in remote relief driving for drivers who really live in the boonies. If they put the offer in writing, I may just do it.

The trial run is for 2-3 weeks at the end of Oct early November. It's $350/day for a 5 hr day plus room and board. No internet or cell service and it includes bad roads with winter coming on fast.

If I like it and sign on, and they don't have a remote job going, they will pay me regular wages for 5 hours per day 5 days a week whether driving or not, in my son's local town where I drove this past spring.

I am good with going bush for a while; just me, and a bus load of bush babies.

I am not holding my breath though.
 
It's 0411 and we are finally leaving the derailment. It's an hour drive back to the shop so it's going to be near a 23 hour day. I can officially say I'm over the railroad right now. I'm just totally shot and my whole body hurts.

Tomorrow should be a paid rest day, at least until 1330 hours. The bigwigs might let us have the whole day off, but I'm guessing we will have to report about 1330 and work 4 hours .
 
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